The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-11

with the foot. The track in the vicinity
of the culvert crossing Splitlog creek was
badly out vi gear.
JOHN RYAN FOLLOWED
He said he was about 30 years of age,
and had been a rsilroader thirty-four
years. He was, during the latter period,
employed a. foreman and switchman.
He had worked for the Missouri Pacific
Railway company, had charge of Its yard
sixteen years and had walked Its track
about one month. About 10 o'clock In
the morning of the wreck he went To the
spot where il occurred. He saw Their a
broken strap commonly called hsh-
plate. The break was old and rusty. 1t
| looked as il il had been made at least a
week. The strap or fish-plate had four
bolts in it. He also noticed that many Of
the ties were rotten.
On cross-examin alton by Mr.. Waggoner,
the witness said that perhaps half OF the
ties in the vicinity OF the wreck were so
rotten they would not hold the spikes.
The rails were sunk into the ties about
half an inch. That was a good thing, how
ever, as the wood on both sides OF the rails
helped to hold them in place
| Did you know Hamilton? asked MIR.
Waggoner.
81 did not" replied the witness
"You DO not know him and meyer saw
him ?"
81 may have seen him, but | am not ac-
quaiuted with him, would not know him
ii / saw him."
"Are you Knight OF Labor ?".cOntinued
Mr.. Waggoner-
The witness hesitated a moment aud
glanced nervously around the room and
from the counsel for the prosecution TO
the counsel for the defense. 81 won't
answer that" he replied, when ne had fin
ished his survey.
"Are you a Knight of Labor" repeated
Mr.. Waggoner.
81 won't answer that" again responded
the witnesi.
Judge Hindman-"Answer the ques-
ton"
The witness again hesitatei and repeat
ed his statement: 81 won't answer that.
Mr.. Waggoner-"Are you Knight oil
Labor ~
Judge Aindman-"YOu will answer it
or I'll send you to Jail"
The witness smiled and looked up at his
honor and said: "You will?"
Mr.. Waggoner-"Are you knight OF
| aUSHcE uuCcAiOh- Inv
lsays he will send you to jail"
The witness-"I was one but l am not
now"
Mr.. Waggoner-"When was You one ?"
Objected to by Major Warner. The OBJ
lection was oyerruled.
The witness-"A year ago"
Mr.. Waggoner-"Are you Knight OF
Labor now%
an, not
Mr.. Waggoner-"What lodge did you
belong .o?"
Objected to and the objection over
ruled.
The witness-Wyandott Lodge"
"Mr. Waggoner-"The same that Ham,
ilton belonged to?"
The witness-"Oh, no."
He Was then asked If he knew the other
men indicted with Hamilton for wrecking
the train. He replied that he did not.
ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE OTHER WITNESSES
/ were examined, all of them testifying to
the bad condition of the track. They were
: chiefly railroad employees, who had been
t in the habit of passing in the vicinity OF
the Missouri Pacific track to and from
: their homes. With few exceptions all adj
mitted, on cross examination, that they
were knights of Labor. One of the strong
est witnesses damaged his evidence on the
/ cross examination by acknowleGg rg that
= he had been active in helping to secure
: testimony for the defense and had a con-
: sultatiOn with Hamilton in Jail last Sun
t day.
Kansas City, Jan. notwithstanding
1 the cold blustery weather, interest In the
trial of the alleged train wrecker, George
III Hamilton, shows no abatement. When
the doors of the district court at Wyan-
dotte were thrown open this morning a
I large crowd OF interested spectators filed in
and took possession of every seat and filed
the aisles. The testimony of the witnesses
for the defense during the forenoon was
mainly for the purpose OF establishing an
abb for Hamilton, Geers and some of the
other men indicted for ditching the Mis-
o souri, Pacific train on the morning OF April
70, 1886.
= WILLIAM F. MCNAMARA
d was the first witness. He testified that he
: was injured in the wreck at Grand avenue
before the ditching of the train for which
!. Hamilton and the other Knights OF Labor
y leaders are under indictment. He was il
Kansas City when the latter event Oc
r CURED on the morning OF April 70. He
e got up about noon that day: The night
previous he went to the Knights hall at
n No. 1919 West Sixth street
d Kansas City, Kansas. He reached
/. | the hall about Eve minutes ate
n 10 o'clock. He saw VoSsen when he frs
entered the room. Half an hour late
d Feeny camein. The witnessiremained un
S I'll II O'Clock that night. While he wa
= there de did not see either VOssen or Feen
= ey leave the hall The witness said he is
r. acquainted with Jack Leary, and that tina
< individual came into the hall about ;
n quarter to IL o'clock He did not Sc
n Mike Le1ry there. Robert Geers, Will
l. whom the witness is acquainted, was no
s in the hall while lie vas present. Hamil
2. ton was there and was engaged in gam